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D. E. RICE WEEDER Filed Nov. 13, 1922 gvwenioz I I a" Patented Nov. 11,1824.

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Application filed November 13, 1922. Serial No. 600,599.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. RICE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Duke, in the county of Jackson and State of Oklahoma, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in VVeeders, of which thefollowing is ,a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in weeders, and it is anobject of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of thisgeneral character which is adapted to be used in connection with alister cultivator or the like and which operates in a manner to destroyweeds between the rows and on the beds.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improveddevice of this general character which is particularly adapted for usein connection with the cultivation of cotton, corn, maize and the like,and wherein cutting elements are carried by runners suitably hitched orconnected with the cultivator proper.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved weederwhereby certain important advantages are attained and the devicerendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings. wherein Figure l is an elevational view of a weederconstructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention, thecoacting cultivator being diagrammatically indicated by dotted lines;and

Figure 2 is a view in perspective of my improved weeder as herein setforth.

My improved weeder as herein disclosed comprises a pair of spacedparallel runners 1, each being provided at its forward end port-ion withan upstanding and forwardly inclined plate or hanger 2, preferably ofsteel, and which has its upper or free end portion terminating in anoutwardly disposed fiange 3, said flange 3 being substantiallyperpendicularly related to the hanger 2. The flange 3 is adapted to becoupled,

as indicated at a in Figure 1, to a convenient part of ti cultivatorproper such as a downwardly and rearwardly inclined arm 5 positionedsubstantially immediately to the rear of a guide wheel 6.

The rear portions of the runners 1, ad jacent their upper margins, areprovided with the inwardly directed arms 7 in overlying relation, saidoverlying portions being provided with the slots 8 through which isdirected a clamping element 9. The element 9, preferably comprises aheaded shank or bolt and a coacting nut. The forward portions of therunners 1 are also provided with the inwardly directed overlying arms 10provided with the registering slots 11 through which is directed aclamping medium 12. The arms 8 and 9 and the associated clamping means 9and 12 coacting therewith provide means whereby the runners 1 may beeflectively maintained in different positions one with respect to theother, as the requirements of practice may necessitate.

Carried by each of the runners 1 is an elongated knife 14, said knifewhen in applied position extending rearwardly and outwardly of therunner on a predetermined incline. The forward portion of the runner isprovided with an upstanding flange 15 substantially at right angles tothe blade lt, but extending obliquely thereacross. This flange 15 isprovided with an extension 16 which is pivotally connected as at 17 withthe associated runner 1. The extension 16, outwardly of the pivotalconnection 17, is provided with a transversely disposed arcuate slot 18disposed on a curvature concentric to the pivot 17.

Carried by the runner 1 and disposed through the slot 18 is a shank 19with which is engaged a clamping nut or member 20. The blade 14 may beadjusted as preferred about the pivotal connection 17 and held in suchadjustment upon tightening of the nut and member 20. My improved weederwhen applied is adapted to travel between the rows, and the blades 14-are of such length as to effectively destroy the weeds upon the row andbed. My improved weeder is particularly adapted for use in connectionwith the cultivation of cotton, corn or maize and the like, and isfurther particularly adapted for use in connection with a double rowcultivator. While I only show one of my improvements in the accompanyingdrawings, it is to be understood that a device constructed in accordancewith an embodiment of my invention will be suitably positioned atopposite sides of the cultivator.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a Weederconstructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adaptedfor use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may beassembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention issus ceptible of some change and modification without departing from theprinciples and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not Wish to beunderstood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formationof the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention inpractice except as hereinafter claimed.

hat is claimed is A. Weeding device comprising a pair of spaced runnerssubstantially in parallelism, an upwardly disposed and forwardlyinclined plate secured to the forward end portion of each of therunners, the upper end portion of the plate terminating in an outwardlydisposed flange substantially perpen dicularly related to the hanger,said flange providing means for attaching the hanger to a rearwardlydirected arm carried by a cultivator, means for connecting the runnersand maintaining the same in desired spaced relation. and cutting bladesextending outwardly and rearivardly from the runners.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

DANIEL E. KICK.

